Red Wings Lost

Famous quotes containing the words red, wings and/or lost:

“the anchor weeps
Its red rust downward,”
—Louise Bogan (1897–1970)

“A sudden blow; the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“We’d like to fight but we fear defeat,
We’d like to work but we’re feeling too weak,
We’d like to be sick but we’d get the sack,
We’d like to behave, we’d like to believe,
We’d like to love, but we’ve lost the knack.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)